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Stephen Farrugia

After some more digging here’s a bit more on this from: https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/534-ecosia-chat-ai

Is generative AI sustainable?
We have estimated the carbon footprint of our AI chatbot and according to our first estimates it does not significantly increase the overall carbon footprint of Ecosia. The estimate takes into account that Ecosia searches are already 200% carbon negative,as we produce twice as much energy as is consumed by our search engine. We are currently working with two universities to refine our carbon footprint assessment.
Unfortunately the more important issue is that the leading language AI model providers are still not transparent about the energy consumption of their models, so without this clarity we can only make rough estimations of our impact. We will continue to monitor our energy usage and urge leading AI companies to do the same and be transparent about their impact.

Like 24 September at 7:49 | Open on hci.social

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Per Axbom

@fasterandworse I don't like this at all. In the same page they're saying they've "estimated" that they are not significantly increasing their footprint while at the same time saying they have no way of knowing. It's absurd.

24 September at 7:59 | Open on axbom.me

Nanard Groubiche

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@fasterandworse
200% carbon negative? That's not a real thing. You have to put in ground more carbon you use, which mean you have to plant new long-term forest.

It's like saying "i borrowed 100 $ and i planned to make 300 $ in 10 years with it, so it's like i still have these 300 $. By the way, my 100 $ loan worth 300 $ and i can use it to buy real things with these 300 $"

It's a scam. Don't send them money.

24 September at 8:22 | Open on piaille.fr

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